To me, music is food and water. I can’t live without it. I know this is not true for everybody. Many people don’t listen to music and they can get along quite well. But music is everywhere in our life. For example, when you watch films or TV plays, do you find them interesting if there is no music? You would find them boring. And when you are waiting for the train or the plane, you would like music because it makes the time seem shorter.
It is true that music is everywhere in our life. Some people like to sit by the sea and listen to the sound of the sea. Some enjoy listening to the singing of birds. Those sounds are some kinds of music. So music has meaning for everyone in some way or other. Of course, it has special meaning for people like me. We spend our lives playing or writing music.
Someone said, “Through music, a child goes into a world of beauty, learns to take care of others and makes his mind and body strong.” Music is an important part of our lives.The passage tells us that the writer _______.
| A．likes to sit by the sea |
| B．is not interested in music |
| C．likes to travel by plane |
| D．likes music very much |
The word “boring” in the first paragraph means ______.
| A．interesting | B．not interesting |
| C．tiring | D．foolish |
Music is important to _______.
| A．some people | B．everyone |
| C．nobody | D．writers only |
Listening to music can ______ when you are waiting for the train.
| A．make time fly quickly |
| B．help you save time |
| C．make time short |
| D．make you feel time passes more quickly |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The writer likes to write music every day. |
| B．The writer becomes strong through music. |
| C．Most people like to listen to the sound of the sea. |
| D．Music has some kind of meaning to everyone. |
You may have heard of the famous saying, "East or West, home is the best." What does the word "home" mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Chinese? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it sometimes has no exact translation. It's not surprising, because the idea of home is different from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof and four walls. It's the cooking, eating, talking, playing and sleeping that go on inside. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed.
Homes look different in different countries. They also have different things inside. For example, in cold northern Europe, there's a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it's more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows and cool stone floors.
We asked some people about their homes.
How often do people move house in your country''.
"In my country many people don't stay in one place for a very long lime. They
often move every ten years or so. "
—Chery, Boston, USA.
What are features(特征) of homes in your country？
"In Britain, even in town, there's always a garden. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don't often have balconies(阳台). The weather isn't warmenough!"
—Pat. Exeter, EnglandThe word "home" sometimes has no exact translation because _____.
A. people can't find this word in the dictionary
B. no one knows what it is
C it has different meanings in different countries
D. people can't understand each other very wellAccording to the passage, at home, you can do everything except _____.
A. making friends B. cooking and eating
C playing and talking D. sleeping and relaxingWhy is it important to keep the heat out of the houses in southern Europe?
| A．Because they want to breathe fresh air outside. |
| B．Because there's a fire in the living room. |
| C．Because they wear heavy clothes all day long. |
| D．Because the sun there shines a lot. |
From the second paragraph, what kind of homes people have depends on ______.
| A．whether they are rich or not |
| B．the climate(气候) they have |
| C．how old they are |
| D．whether they live in the city or countryside |
Which one of the sentences below is true?
| A．People in Britain seldom have balconies because it's so hot outside. |
| B．Some Americans move house several times during their lifetime. |
| C．Homes look the same in different countries. |
| D．Houses in northern Europe have big windows and cool stone floors. |
Nowadays, computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy streets have been made into small game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with people, especially young boys.
In the computer game houses, people spend a lot of money competing (较量) with the machines. It's hard for one to win the computer, but one can make progress after trying again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology(赌博心理) when they play computer games.The more they lose, the more they want to win. When class is over, the school boys run to the nearby computer game houses.Little by little! (渐渐地), they forget all about their lessons and fall far behind others. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are not lucky enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students' money and become thieves.Who always go to the computer game houses?
| A．Young girls | B．Young children |
| C．Young students | D．Young boys. |
People made small shops into small game houses in order to ______.
| A．make computer games more popular |
| B．get more money |
| C．help people to learn computer better |
| D．make people happy |
What must be brought to play games in the game homes?
A. Tickets. B Paper C. Cards. D. Money.What will happen to the boys if they keep going to the game houses?
| A．They will win a lot of money. |
| B．They will make a lot of good friends there. |
| C．They will fail in their study and even break laws. |
| D．They will live a happy life in the future. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Game houses have a bad effect on young boys. |
| B．More and more small shops have been made into game houses. |
| C．Young boys spend a lot of money playing computer games. |
| D．People play games better after trying again and again. |
Robots have been designed to do many things-play music，work in hospitals，but run a restaurant? There are two robot receptionists(接待员) and six robot waitresses and waiters in the Dalu Robot Restaurant in Jinan，Shandong．One hundred customers can eat in the restaurant at a time．Two of the robots serve drinks，while the other four serve the food． Not all the work in the restaurant is done by them．There are also people working there，especially in the kitchen．The cooks are humans because the robots don’t have the skills to cook．Robots can play music．
Six robots work in the Dalu Robot Restaurant．
No people work in the kitchen．
Only a few customers can eat in the restaurant at a time．
The robots can’t cook delicious food．
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A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang’s students. People in China usually don’t like cross-dressing(反串). But people are really surprised at Li’s beauty and grace when he sings and dances.
B) Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.
C) Yue Fei was a famous hero of Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xuyou. Later a temple about Yue Fei was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by the West Lake, in Hangzhou.Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?
| A．Mei Lanfang. | B．Mei Lanfang’s students. |
| C．Mei Yanfang’s students. | D．Mei Lanfang’s friends. |
The underlined word “grace” means____________ in Chinese.
| A．粗犷 | B．做作 | C．傲慢 | D．优雅 |
From the passage, we know Yue Fei_____________.
| A．was not born in a rich family |
| B．was not brave |
| C．killed Qin Hui |
| D．built a temple |
Ma Huateng set up his own company when he was____________.
| A．18 | B．22 | C．27 | D．42 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Li Yugang invented QQ. |
| B．Ma Huateng used to work as a computer programmer for a company. |
| C．Li Yugang won the first prize in CCTV’s Star Road. |
| D．Yue Fei seldom won battles with his soldiers. |
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The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history. People celebrate it on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year(农历). It is one of the biggest holidays in China. Some days before the festival, people begin to make lanterns. People make lanterns in the shape of different animals,vegetables,fruits and many other things.People also write riddles(谜语) on the lanterns. It’s very interesting. Then on the evening of the Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up. People go outside to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Often you can see lion and dragon dances. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.The Lantern Festival is a festival ____________.
| A．in the USA | B．in England |
| C．in China | D．in India |
What do people begin to make before the Lantern Festival?
| A．Dumplings. | B．Lanterns. |
| C．Masks. | D．Rice dumplings. |
When are all the lanterns hung up?
| A．On the evening of the Lantern Festival. |
| B．On 15 January. |
| C．On New Year’s Day. |
| D．At the Spring Festival. |
What do people do at the Lantern Festival?
| A．Play “trick or treat”. |
| B．Eat dumplings. |
| C．Make pumpkin lanterns. |
| D．Guess the riddles on the lanterns. |
How do people feel on that day?
| A．Sad | B．Full | C．Tired | D．Happy |
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